May
Why are we surprised that Bibi cut all the remnants of socialism out of the budget today? Why are we surprised that not only education but social welfare, culture, medicine, etc. are losing almost all funding? What could have been expected from this government? And why are we surprised the rich will continue to get richer? I may not know much about politics and have a memory like a sieve but even i remember the last time Bibi had his hand in my pocket. Funny how most of the other countries in the world are working through these economic hard times by fostering education and employment.
It just occurred to me today that I have been working for 49 years. Five more years if you count babysitting. But when I was fifteen I started getting a paycheck and with the exception of a few years here and there have loved every minute of it. It may be personality and economic need in part(I’ve got a brother, a cousin, and two kids who are as compulsive as me), but it is also part of my education – there is something noble about employment whether it is remunerative or not, something great about being productive and giving something of yourself to others. This was one of the things that first drew me to Israel way back in ‘65 – people seemed proud of their work. (I will never read this previous paragraph in my life – i’d die of a kitsch-related illness).
A major discovery today – I was having lunch with Carol at the cafe in the Diaspora Museum, sitting on the balcony and watching the sea, when we began to notice sparrows repeatedly flying almost into the glass door of the cafeteria and then up underneath the upper frame. Upon closer inspection, we found that there were little breaks in the concrete and the birds were building nests there. This may not seem like much to you, but the idea of local birds finding a home in the Diaspora Museum struck me as extremely significant.
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